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Bear Knob

Bear Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Knob rises to 351 m in West Virginia. Piney Knob stands 603 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Squirrel Knob, a peak 4.0 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 20 miles off. 186 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31493527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
351 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.16176, -82.22736

186 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
Artworks: 52
Peaks: 42
Historic sites: 27
  • Blue Star Memorial: 17.6 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 19.4 mi
  • 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 20.2 mi
  • B'nai B'rith Holocaust Memorial: 20.8 mi
  • John Marshall: 21.1 mi
Museums: 6
Gardens: 2
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 21.0 mi
  • C&O 1308: 21.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piney KnobSE 126°603 m21.3 mi
Rattlesnake KnobSSE 148°601 m23.8 mi
Wet KnobSSE 153°574 m21.6 mi
Antley KnobSSW 195°561 m20.2 mi
Cabin HillSSE 161°537 m22.9 mi
Godby KnobSE 138°523 m19.8 mi
Hoover KnobS 170°513 m15.7 mi
Kelly KnobSSW 200°461 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0619:41
June solstice06:0720:1720:56
September equinox07:1718:5319:28
December solstice07:4316:3217:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745556572767569574638
Precip in3.33.44.43.75.04.65.53.53.63.53.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamlin, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535376 — Bear Knob, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356515279

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